| Heading: |
Agriculture: Grants |
| Question ID: |
1784320 |
| UIN: |
38021 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-13 |
| Asking Member ID: |
1591 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Tim Farron
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| Asking Member handle: |
timfarron
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@timfarron
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the time taken between capital grants and investment on the cash flow of farmers. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-21 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4382 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Daniel Zeichner
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| Answering Member handle: |
danielzeichner
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@danielzeichner
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| Answer text: |
The rules applied to capital grant schemes by Defra means that payments made on capital works are made only when the works are complete and paid for by the farmer. Farmers can make multiple claims for items of a high value over a period, so farmers do not... |
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| Answering body ID: |
13 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| Tweeted: |
true |